Raspberry Pi flagship 500+ model now costs almost as much as a Mac Mini — firm Pi launches 3GB model to fight increasing DRAM prices
Raspberry Pi flagship 500+ model now costs almost as much as a Mac Mini — firm Pi launches 3GB model to fight increasing DRAM prices
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The DRAM shortage continues to cause chaos in the computing market and is driving up the price of of various Raspberry Pi units yet again. Eben Upton, CEO of Raspberry Pi, announced that the Raspberry Pi 4, 5, 500, and 500+ are seeing another price jump, with outgoing pricing of the 500+ now approaching that of the M3 Mac Mini. The new price hikes have also led to the introduction of a new 3GB Raspberry Pi 4 to give customers more memory options to choose from.
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Raspberry Pi 4 and 5
4GB
$25
Raspberry Pi 4 and 5
8GB
$50
Raspberry Pi 5
16GB
$100
Raspberry Pi 500 (unit only and kit)
Row 4 - Cell 1
$50
Raspberry Pi 500+ unit only
Row 5 - Cell 1
$150
Raspberry Pi 500+ kit
Row 6 - Cell 1
$150
Compute Module 4 and 4S
1GB
$11.25
Compute Module 4, 4S, 5
2GB
$12.50
Compute Module 4, 4S, 5
4GB
$25
Compute Module 4, 4S, 5
8GB
$50
Compute Module 5
16GB
$100
Development Kit for Compute Module 5
Row 12 - Cell 1
$25
Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ 2
Row 13 - Cell 1
$50
For perspective, we wrote about Raspberry Pi price hikes just two months ago — since then, prices have increased by almost 50% for some models. For example, the Raspberry Pi 500+ 16GB cost just $280 in February.
Sadly, there's no guarantee another set of price hikes won't happen in the next month or two, as DRAM prices continue to trend upward. The latest reports indicate that NAND flash contract prices are rising faster than DRAM prices, with a predicted price jump of around 70% quarter over quarter.
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